Version 2.6 and Automatic Stock Pricing

[David Carlson]

On 2/5/2014 7:00 AM, Dr. Ray wrote:
> Thank you Dave. Multi-Tasking truly is a myth. In my attempt to multitask I
> totally forgot that you shared this with me earlier.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dr. Ray,
>>
>> I seem to recall you're running windows ???
>>
>> 1. Install ActivePerl 5.16.3 from
>> http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads
>> 2. REBOOT - never works for me unless I reboot after the Perl installation
>> !!!!!
>> 3. Run the GnuCash menu item - Install Online Price Retrieval
>> 4.  Once you have everything installed ok use Tools >> Price Editor to
>> setup currencies you want to automatically retrieve exchange rates for -
>> that's all I use it for personally.  I guess if you are interested in
>> securities you use the Tools >> Security Editor for those :-)
>>
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ has the following advice...
>> For Windows users, this will likely entail upgrading to ActivePerl 5.16.3
>> or later. When upgrading ActivePerl, it is recommended to uninstall the old
>> version and delete its directory before installing the new version.
>> Otherwise the script "Install Online Price Retrieval" may produce errors.
>> For more details, search the wiki for "quote". If you must, for some
>> reason, use the older version of F::Q (1.17), you have to patch it. There
>> are 2 different ways:
>>
>> Cheers Dave H
>>
>>
>>
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>>  On 5 February 2014 13:58, Dr. Ray <drray at drraycharles.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  When I was first introduced to GNU I started off at a much lower version
>>> and never really got the Active Pearl to work on my machine so I
>>> downloaded
>>> the 2.6 version. Can someone share with me what command I have to trigger
>>> with the 2.6 version in order to have automatic stock pricing updates.
>>>
>>> Regards,
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One additional comment.  Your original question included the word
automatic.  GnuCash does not retrieve quotes automatically.  It is
necessary to manually go into the stock price editor and click on 'Get
Quotes'.  I believe the reasoning for this is that a data file could get
bloated with useless data if it were automated. 

As it is, it is difficult to purge old price data selectively leaving
monthly or quarterly prices for historical reports.

David C